AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3490, 6 November 1894, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(by electric telegraph-copyright). Sydney, November 4. Mr McMillan urges that the banks require union for consultative pur. poses. To make that union strong and impregnable three elements must be represented-the Government, the official elements of the banks, and the broader elements represented by the chairmen of the boards.

Mrs Edwards, President of the Spiritualist Association, who was present at Mrs Mellon's seance, at which an exposure was alleged to have been made, confirms the exposure, and uxplains that she preserved silence chiefly out of sympathy for Mr 3 Mellon. Mr Eddy, Chief Commissioner of Railways, declines to accept reengagement, though the Government offered him £4OOO per annum. It is believed he will join the South EasternRailway Company, England. Melbourne, November 3. j The Treasurer estimates the defl* ciency for the year ending June next, at five hundred and twenty thousand pounds.

•Perth, November 4. Fresh water has been struck by a bore on the Hampton Plains, 13 miles from Coolgardie. Extensive forgeries have been dis» covered supposed to have been comv raitted by a Ereemantle commission agent named ?Edgar Hassell. It is alleged he forged'a number of bills on an auctioneering firm, and the matter .wa's' reported to the police. On the latter proceeding to the office of the accused they found that he had attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head, and he now lies in & critical condition.